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Although Mercyhurst has been No. 1 in the hockey polls since late November, the team still plays with an underdog mentality. And that’s just fine with them. Coach Mike Sisti says it’s the retention of the underdog mentality that keeps his team hungry and on its toes. Sure, there’s been complacency at times, but the … Read more
For the second time this season the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the nation will face off in a fight to be the top team in the nation. While the teams remain same, the rankings have changed. On Nov. 18, the then No. 1-ranked Middlebury Panthers invaded the Ronald B. Stafford Ice … Read more
Score on the power play, win the game. While that might be a little oversimplified, Dave Starman is here to examine the power play’s importance — and how to build one.
Who’s in and who’s out? Jayson Moy brings us the fourth weekly installment of Bracketology as the season marches toward its conclusion.
Earlier this week it was announced that starting next season, the ECAC East will realign into two six-team divisions. In addition to the realignment, the playoffs will be expanded to eight teams. The current format has six teams making the postseason. The two divisions will be referred to as the North and the South. The … Read more
A team that welcomes four Olympians into the fold is supposed to excel, and this has certainly been true of Dartmouth this season. Although the team opened its season in October with back-to-back losses at current No. 1 Mercyhurst (is there any shame in that, really?) the Big Green have since compiled a 17-4-2 record … Read more
The schedule marches along, and so does Bracketology. This week, in addition to the usual forecasts and explanations, Jayson Moy offers some answers to frequently-asked questions.
With the stretch run in full swing, it’s time for the return of Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim Connelly kicks us off with an examination of new No. 1 New Hampshire, props for RIT, a look at Clarkson’s NCAA tournament hopes, and more.
Not long ago, Dave Starman issued a call for the expanded use of video replay. Now, with another goal/no-goal controversy in the books, he is more confident than ever that something needs to be done.
With the end of the regular season just one month away, each game is becoming more important than ever. It is at this point in the season when the true contenders start separating themselves from the rest of the pack. That starts this weekend with three exciting matchups which will directly affect conference playoff seedings … Read more
A month ago, asking University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller about her team’s chances for postseason glory would most likely have drawn raised shoulders and a questioning look. With a third of her 18 scholarship players either on the bench for long stretches of time with serious or season-ending injuries, Miller counted … Read more
Another week of games, another edition of Jayson Moy’s Bracketology. Take a look at how the NCAA tournament stacks up as of today…
With the unveiling of the 2006-07 USCHO.com Division I Women’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR), it’s time to discuss the new twists in the NCAA tournament selection criteria. So how are the eight teams selected for NCAAs? Automatic bids go to the conference tournament champions of the ECACHL, WCHA, and Hockey East. There are five at-large selections … Read more
As many of you know, this past summer the entire Division III college hockey community suffered a tragic loss. Arguably the greatest player to ever play Division III hockey, Laura Hurd, was the victim of a fatal car accident on an early June morning just outside of Watkins Glen, New York. I unfortunately was never … Read more
Jayson Moy brings Bracketology back, as the 2006-07 version of USCHO.com’s NCAA tournament predictions makes its debut.
Michigan State’s Rick Comley joined college hockey’s “700 Club” with a win over Miami, becoming just the fifth head coach to reach that plateau. Sean Caruthers salutes Comley’s accomplishments.
Quotas in college sports have not been kind to the state of Wisconsin as of late. Last month, the Badgers’ football team failed to qualify for the Bowl Championship Series, despite an 11-1 record and No. 7 national ranking. The BCS cannot take more than two teams from any one conference, and Wisconsin was stuck … Read more
The sophomore slump is a phrase that means nothing to the University of New Hampshire hockey team. Since 2002-03, second-year players have led the team in points and placed among the highest in the nation every season. This season, sophomore Sam Faber is holding up her end. Entering the weekend games, Faber has 28 points … Read more
Is there a better way to ring in 2007? In the NESCAC, No. 2 Middlebury ventures to Maine to take on Colby and No. 10 ranked Bowdoin in pivotal conference matchups for the Panthers. In nonconference action, No. 8 Utica, who recently won the St. Michael’s Tournament with consecutive 5-1 wins over Colby and Neumann, … Read more
At least two Olympic hockey players have and continue to spread the beauty and excitement of the sport to the four corners of the world. Two summers ago, Harvard junior Caitlin Cahow spent a few weeks in Kazakhstan with Athletes in Action, a Christian organization of past and present collegiate athletes, who tried to improve … Read more